Avalanche

Avalanche: Cutler Ridge

JoeOgden
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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2438 m

We remotely triggered 2 small but fairly deep slides from adjacent and higher terrain. One was from ~50' and the other maybe 200' away from our track. We stopped by to look at the lower of the two on our next lap. Aside from the new snow on top, the slab was quite dense. It had failed on a bed of facets above the ground. Also, the debris was much more substantial than it looked from our skin track. Definitely had the potential to bury a person especially with the narrow gully below.